Daniel Burke This 2-day course, October 16-17, 2019, provides practical training for bridge design engineers and technicians on the application of the new Caltrans Seismic Design Criteria (Ver 2.0) for the design of typical concrete bridges in California. In particular, this course will focus on slab and cast-in place post-tensioned box girder structures. California transportation agencies are … Read more Seismic Design of Concrete Bridges in California
The transportation community is invited to a webinar on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM. This webinar is the first in a collaborative series between TRB, FHWA, and AASHTO. It will discuss recent developments in tunnel management practices and provide announcements from tunnel-related organizations. The webinar will discuss the Hampton Roads … Read more Webinar: Tunnel Operations Practices Featuring the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
This event, October 22-23, 2019, is designed to provide participants with the steps to create a Local Road Safety Plan focused on California’s path to zero death. If you are involved with your agency’s safety program or developing your agency’s Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) applications, we’d like your attendance at the upcoming Safety Peer … Read more Participate in Local Road Safety Plan Peer Exchange
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is hosting several webinars that may be of interest to local agencies. Upcoming Webinars: Lessons Learned in Transportation Scenario Planning, September 11, 2019 Implications of Technologies for Visually Impaired Pedestrians, September 17, 2019 Open Graded Pavements: A Primer with Emphasis on Water Quality Benefits, September 19, 2019 Managing Effective Transportation … Read more Upcoming TRB Webinars
Caltrans and the California LTAP Center is offering a class on Highway Program Funding by the National Highway Institute. The standard fee for this class is usually $425 per person but the CA LTAP is subsidizing a portion of the fee for local agency staff, reducing the fee to only $175. This instructor-led training provides … Read more Highway Program Funding Class
Caltrans Local Assistance and the California Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Center have released the FY 2019/20 Resident Engineers (RE) Academy schedule. The Academy is designed to prepare participants to work as Resident Engineers on federal-aid construction projects, and to bring awareness to Federal and State requirements. Due to the demand for this academy, you … Read more Resident Engineers Academy FY 2019/20 Schedule